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Bill113th CongressFiled Mar 14, 2013Transportation and Public Works
H.R. 1149

Waterways Are Vital for the Economy, Energy, Efficiency, and Environment Act of 2013

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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 14, 2013)

Waterways Are Vital for the Economy, Energy, Efficiency, and Environment Act of 2013 or WAVE4 Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to require certain delivery process reforms for qualifying construction and major rehabilitation projects for navigation infrastructure of inland and intracoastal waterways.

Directs the Secretary, working in conjunction with the Inland Waterways Users Board, to submit to Congress a 20-year program for making capital investments on inland and intracoastal waterways. Authorizes such program to be based on the 20-year capital investment strategy contained in the Inland Marine Transportation System (IMTS) Capital Projects Business Model, Final Report published on April 13, 2010, as approved by the Board.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit expenditures from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund to 50% of the total cost of the construction or rehabilitation project. Makes Fund amounts unavailable for: (1) construction or rehabilitation of dams, or (2) rehabilitation expenditures that do not equal or exceed $100 million.

What just happenedApr 11, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Who’s behind it

Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1](R-KY)Sponsor
33 cosponsors15 D18 R
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  • Introduced in HouseMar 14, 2013
  1. Apr 11, 2013Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

  2. Mar 15, 2013Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

  3. Mar 14, 2013IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  4. Mar 14, 2013IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  5. Mar 14, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  6. Mar 14, 2013IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House